Source: The Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-21-me-muslim21-story.html
On February 21, 2002, The Los Angeles Times reported "Muslim Hamlet Blames Sept. 11 for New Scrutiny." It reported on the "small Muslim community called Baladullah--mostly African American families escaping big city problems." The article continued, "Almost immediately after Sept. 11, local attention was drawn to Baladullah and the Gateway schools." Media, and the ADL, suggested that the group had terrorist connections. "The news accounts scared some of Baladullah's neighbors. So residents held an open house and answered questions from the eight or so people who attended. Still, one night a pickup truck full of white men roared into the camp, its occupants shouting racist threats." The Baladullah charter schools, under scrutiny for mismanagement before September 11, recently lost their charters. A spokeswoman for the school board "said Gateway officials are trying to paint themselves as victims when they aren't."